[Shop-talk] 1965 Mustang Brakes

[Michael Porter]

On 6/26/2011 1:35 PM, bjshov8 at tx.rr.com wrote:
> The latest Ford Mustang V8 seems to be a great performing engine.  IIRC it is about 400hp out of 5 liters, which makes 80 hp/litre.  It was probably a challenge to fit that large engine into the Mustang engine compartment.

Umm, just to keep things in perspective, five liters displacement is 305 
c.i.    That's a marginally larger displacement (about 5.5% larger) than 
the original 289 c.i. engine plunked into the original 1965 Mustang, 
which was slightly smaller, overall, than the current Mustangs.  All 
things being equal, I also suspect that the basic 305 c.i. block is 
probably lighter and a bit more compact than the earlier engines. As to 
horsepower, Carroll Shelby was getting ~ 350 hp out of the 289 block in 
the `60s, the reason why his GT-350s were named as such--and without 
fuel injection and computerized engine management.


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Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


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